I think this is a great class. I really enjoy talking about things like court decisions and whether we agree with them or not. It's interesting how many things go on in America that we may not know about, but we would have opinions on. I personally believe that students should have the right to free speech if they consider what they say when they say it. We shouldn't (even though many would) walk around shouting F-bombs in school. At the Lake House my family goes to every year we are aloud to speak freely, but I don't go around swearing at my family or around them. I mean my Grandma would not be happy if I swore while she was in the room, and my parents wouldn't like it too much. There are just right and wrong times to speak freely. When I am with my friends I can really say anything I want, but around some people I don't feel like saying whatever I want.
This class is all about reading the material. If you don't read the court cases and packets about freedom of speech we are working on you become lost. It reminds me of my favorite quote, "Get the books read and study them..." -Abraham Lincoln. No other quote is more true to the things we need to do today. If we don't study and read we will never know anything. Lincoln was self taught, but we have teachers and others who devote their lives to making sure that we learn and become great learned people.
I have a feeling that this class is going to be interesting and bring up topics that I would normally have no opinion on. I hope that it will be one of my favorite classes this year and that we will touch on important things.
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